Among the people in the hall, Kuai Yue's resourcefulness and dexterity undoubtedly ranked first. Although Liu Qi's performance was very similar, Kuai Yue still saw some flaws.

But in this situation, Kuai Yue could not remind Cai Mao verbally. Even if he could remind Cai Mao, whether Cai Mao could respond is another matter.

After all, in front of all Xiangyang officials, if Cai Mao shrinks in front of Liu Qi, then he, the lieutenant general, will not have any prestige in the Nanjun Army.

At the moment, Cai Mao is rushing to sell products!

This military order must be signed today whether it is signed or not.

Seeing that both Liu Qi and Cai Mao were about to issue military orders, Liu Biao had a troubled look on his face.

He stroked his beard, closed his eyes, and let the two people keep asking for help below, and ignored those who supported Cai Mao constantly admonishing him.

He just closed his eyes, like an old monk in meditation, and said nothing.

If it weren't for the fact that his hand stroking his beard was still moving and his chest was rising and falling, others might have thought that Liu Biao had passed away.

Everyone yelled for a while, but they saw Liu Biao just sitting there, not answering anyone's questions... but they didn't know what he was doing.

The voices in the hall also became quieter and quieter because of Liu Biao's performance.

It wasn't until a while later that Liu Biao slowly opened his eyes and said, "Since you two are determined to issue a military order to march north, I have just thought about it, so you two will lead an army separately."

yes."

"You two will lead separate armies. One will go to Nanyang County to capture Wancheng, and the other will go to Jiangxia County to meet with Chengxian and send troops to Runan to attack the Yuan family. If whoever loses, he will be dealt with according to military law. How about that?"

"My child is willing to go."

Seeing that both of them agreed, Liu Biao said, "In that case, which one of you is willing to go to Nanyang County?"

This time, Cai Hao had a better memory and hurriedly said: "I will go there in the end!"

Liu Qi also said: "My child is willing to go."

Liu Biao looked back and forth between the two of them, and finally laid his eyes on Cai Mao.

"After all, it is De Gui who will respond first. Then let De Gui go to Nanyang County. Boyu, you lead the troops to Jiangxia County, and you and Cheng will attack Runan first."

"promise!"

Afterwards, under the witness of everyone, the two men issued military orders.

…

After leaving the Prefectural Mufu's Mansion, Cai Mao and the Kuai brothers took a carriage back to his mansion.

On the way, Kuai Yue sighed and said to Cai Mao: "Mr. Degui, you... no! It's not you! You are a member of our clans, but this time we all fell into the trap."

"Fell into a trap?" Cai Hao frowned and said in confusion: "Failed into what kind of trick?"

"That military order is a strategy. Liu Shijun and his son never wanted to compete with us for Nanyang County from the beginning. I guess he and his son must have calculated that we would seize the credit for our march north, so they simply set up a strategy and pretended to be like this.

Lure us into a trap...that's awesome!"

Cai Hao felt dizzy after hearing this and asked curiously: "What do you mean?"

Kuai Yue then roughly explained his understanding to Cai Mao: "Liu Jingzhou and his son expected that we would gather all the tribes and make an admonishment for Duke Bo Gui to go north as the protector, so they deliberately let Lord Liu Fu fight with De Gui to lure De Gui.

Sign that military order."

When Cai Mao heard this, his face suddenly turned pale: "By what Yidu said, does Liu Jingzhou mean to kill me?"

Kuai Yue shook his head and said: "That's not the case. We Nanjun tribes have always done our best to assist Liu Jingzhou. We can be said to be loyal. The general is currently married to Liu Jingzhou. Liu Jingzhou is not a murderous person.

, will not hurt your intentions. Besides, there are so many Nanjun clan chiefs protecting you, how dare Liu Jingzhou go against the will of everyone? In the end, the military order was just a scrap."

"Then why did Liu Jingzhou do this?"

Kuai Yue sighed and said: "Degui, have you ever thought about it, if you are defeated and Liu Jingzhou uses the military order to spare your life, how will you hold your head up in front of him from now on?

First, you are a defeated general, and you will have no prestige in the army from now on. Second, Liu Jingzhou spared your life. From now on, you also owe him a huge favor. How can you not repay your kindness? Third, you have

It’s a huge stain, and it may be conquered by others within a few years!”

After saying these words, Cai Hao was trembling all over and his fists were clenched and trembling.

He shook his head and gritted his teeth and said, "I didn't expect Liu Jingzhou and his son to be so cunning, and actually designed to trap someone!"

Kuai Liang, who had been listening carefully to the conversation between the two, suddenly said: "Yidu, my brother has something unclear."

"Brother, please tell me."

Kuai Liang frowned and said in confusion: "Although Liu Jingzhou asked De Gui to issue a military order, the premise is that De Gui cannot defeat Nanyang, but why does he think that De Gui will definitely lose?"

Kuai Yue sighed and said: "Now the troops in Jingnan are all under the control of the Liu family, and the Nanman camp is also under the command of Liu Qi. All the troops in Jiangxia are in the hands of Huang Zu, and half of the troops and horses in Nanjun are in the hands of Cai Kuai and other tribes.

The other half is in the hands of Huang Zhong, Wenpin and other Liu family generals. Now Liu Qi wants to lead a 20,000 Nanman battalion to Jiangxia to attack Runan. I am afraid that Liu Jingzhou will not give Degui more troops. At most, it will only be the general and me.

The 20,000 county soldiers under my brother's command."

Cai Mao snorted coldly and said: "Twenty thousand horses are also a heavy force. What's the difficulty in going north to attack Yuan?"

Kuai Yue let out a low hey and said: "The problem is that Yuan Shu has been recruiting generals in Nanyang County and Runan County in recent years. These two counties are among the best in the world and have the highest population density in the world. Now Jiujiang County is also

With this gain, the number of soldiers and horses under Yuan Shu's command has greatly increased... According to my calculation, Yuan Shu currently has at least 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers and horses under his command, but they are not yet fully trained."

Cai Hao was shocked when he heard this.

"Even if he needs to divide his troops to fight against Liu Boyu and Yuan Shao in Runan, the number of troops left behind in Nanyang County will never be small. Moreover, with Liu Jingzhou's character and fear of Nan County's resources and troops, most of them will go east to assist Liu Boyu... and then

The grain and grass are also uniformly allocated by Liu Jingzhou. Whether it is more or less is decided by him. Whether the grain and grass are supplied is also related to the frontline battle. If you want to defeat Nanyang County, there are too many ways."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Cai Mao's face turned pale and his teeth chattered loudly.

"I see... But trivial matters can't trouble Cai. This time I will capture Nanyang County no matter what. Liu Jingzhou gives me few soldiers, so I will ask the tribes in Nanjun to send private soldiers to help me. If he

If you give me less grain, I will ask each family to contribute money to provide grain!"

After saying that, Cai Mao looked up at Erkuai and said: "This attack on Nanyang County will affect the status of the Nanjun tribes in Jingchu in the future. At this time, the tribes cannot hide their secrets. We also invite Duke Zirou and Yidu Gong.

Help me communicate with the various tribes, and be sure to use the resources of all tribes to help me go north. When the matter is accomplished, Mao will never be responsible for it!"

Kuai Liang sighed and said: "Now that the matter has come to this, what can we do? Don't worry, Degui, I will definitely advise all the tribes in this matter. There are people from all tribes, and money and food will be given to me, and I will never hide anything for myself."

"Thank you!"

Kuai Yue suddenly said: "Actually, I have a way to deal with my lord at a critical moment."

Cai Mao hurriedly asked for advice: "Mr. Yidu, please tell me frankly."

"General Cai is going north this time. Please ask your lord for someone to be your deputy! With this person here, even if the general cannot win, he will have nothing to worry about."

"Oh? Who?

…

Zhou Mufu, in the quiet room.

"My son, did you act really well this time as a father?" After Liu Biao and Liu Qi returned to the quiet room, Liu Biao asked him with a smile.

Liu Qi smiled and said: "Father is really good at hiding... But with the resourcefulness of Kuai Yidu, Ma Bochang and others, they will be able to figure out the deep meaning of the military order. They will think that father and I intend to deliberately prevent Cai Hao from winning. By then, everyone will

I am afraid that the clan will fully support Cai Hao in going north... As everyone knows, I also really hope that Cai Degui can capture Wancheng!"

"Yes, Yuan Shu is our biggest enemy. Defeat him and capture Nanyang County is a serious matter. If you lead troops to Nanyang County and want all tribes to provide resources to support you, it will be even more difficult. Now Cai Mao

If I personally lead the troops, I'm afraid the tribes in Nanjun will have to spend a lot of money!" Liu Biao said with a smile.

"Actually, I'm just a little afraid that Cai Hao is no match for Yuan Jun in Nanyang County." Liu Qi slightly said worriedly: "What if Cai Hao really can't win?"

Liu Biao pondered for a moment and then said slowly: "Let's take it one step at a time. If Cai Hao really can't win, I will personally lead the troops northward."

While the father and son were discussing, they heard the voices of Liu Cousin's guards outside the quiet room.

"My lord, General Cai sent someone to bring the list of generals who will go on the expedition to my lord. I would like to ask your lord for your permission."

Liu Biao heard this and said curiously: "So soon? How long have you been away before you send someone to deliver the roster?"

Liu Qi smiled and said: "This shows that Cai Degui has already made preparations for this trip to the north."

"Send the roster in."

The attendants then sent the roster into the quiet room, and then slowly backed out.

Liu Biao slowly opened the roster and after reading it carefully, he couldn't help but smile.

"What a good Cai Mao, he actually knows how to play tricks with me. This must be the idea given to him by the Kuai brothers."

After saying that, he saw Liu Biao slowly closing the roster in his hand and turning to ask Liu Qi: "My son, Cai Mao asked his father for a deputy general in the army list who was not under his command. You may guess

Who is it?"

Liu Qi hugged his arms, touched his chin, and thought seriously: "Could it be Huang Zhong or Wenpin?"

Liu Biao shook his head and said, "No."

"That is?"
Chapter completed!